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When two atoms start to come close to each other, attractive forces dominate and bring the two atoms closer together while decreasing their potential energy.
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Atoms tend to have lower potential energy when they are bonded to other atoms.
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A lower potential energy is favored because that means that the atoms are more stable.
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So here we have a representation of two atoms, a blue atom and a purple atom.
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So when the attractive forces dominate, they will start to come closer together and their energies will decrease.
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They will continue to decrease until they reach a point of lowest potential energy.
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At this point, if they continue to become closer together, repulsive forces will begin to dominate.
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And this will bring the potential energy higher.
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The point of lowest potential energy is when the repulsive forces and the attractive forces are balanced...
